Orpheus
late 15th - early 16th century
Artist, Italian, active late 15th century - early 16th century
West Building Ground Floor, Gallery G15
Artwork overview
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Medium
gilded bronze//(much darkened in recessed areas)
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
overall (diameter): 6.29 cm (2 1/2 in.)
overall (approximate diameter of inner field): 4.95 cm (1 15/16 in.)
gross weight: 85.03 gr (0.187 lb.) -
Accession
1957.14.206
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Gustave Dreyfus [1837-1914], Paris; his estate; purchased 1930 by (Duveen Brothers, Inc., London and New York); purchased 1945 by the Samuel H. Kress Foundation, New York; gift 1957 to NGA.
Associated Names
Bibliography
1908
Migeon, Gaston. "La collection de M. Gustave Dreyfus, V: Les plaquettes." Les Arts 80 (August 1908): 30, repro. 23, as by Melioli.
1925
Vaudoyer, Jean-Louis. "La collection Gustave Dreyfus." L'Amour de l'Art 6, no. 7 (1925): 245-264, fig. 24, as by Melioli.
1931
Ricci, Seymour de. The Gustave Dreyfus Collection. Reliefs and Plaquettes. Oxford, 1931: 62, no. 82, pl. 26, as by Pseudo-Melioli.
1951
Renaissance Bronzes: Statuettes, Reliefs and Plaquettes, Medals and Coins from the Kress Collection. Introduction by Perry B. Cott. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1951: 144, as by Pseudo-Melioli.
1965
Pope-Hennessy, John W. Renaissance Bronzes from the Samuel H. Kress Collection: Reliefs, Plaquettes, Statuettes, Utensils and Mortars. London, 1965: 60, no. 201, fig. 220, as attributed to Pseudo-Melioli.
1986
Ford, Terrence, compiler and ed. Inventory of Music Iconography, no. 1. National Gallery of Art, Washington. New York 1986: 2, no. 29, as attributed to Pseudo-Melioli.
Markings
Reverse bears former inventory number 83 in red paint (Dreyfus).
Wikidata ID
Q63815233